Nutritional management of a critically injured patient

  • Frances Van Schalkwyk Kalafong Hospital
Keywords: nutritional management, critically injured patient

Abstract

A 28-year-old male patient was admitted with a gunshot wound in the abdomen. The gunshot wound was on the right iliac fossa, just above the right iliac crest, with no exit wound. The patient suffers from asthma and has a history of smoking.

Author Biography

Frances Van Schalkwyk, Kalafong Hospital
RD(SA) Clinical Dietitian Kalafong Hospital Pretoria
Published
2012-09-19
Section
SASPEN Case Study